Add special rendering for shop=chemist

[kocio-pl]

My proposition for this type of shop is this:

[Mentioned on meta-issue #1460]

[neiljp]

From the scale of the image that I can see, this is really quite unidentifiable. Zoomed in, I guess it's a toothpaste/brush pair?

[kocio-pl]

Yes, I was looking for something identifiable by the shape and thought about this pair. Maybe you have other ideas?

[daganzdaanda]

FWIW, I understood it as toothpaste and brush before I read the first comment. But that may be because I knew that it was to signify a chemist.
On the map, the labels will help tell people what the icon means, until they have "learned" it. So it's probably fine. Anyhow, I can't think of a better way to signify a chemist, they sell all kinds of small things in tubes and boxes, not very iconifiable (is that a word?)

[kocio-pl]

You may be right, but any criticism makes me think what could be done different, so I just come up with another idea, so we could at least compare which try is better:

2. 

[daganzdaanda]

Is that a roll of toilet paper? cool ;)
...but actually, its not what I would think of first with a chemist. And, @nebulon42 tries to keep perspective in the new icons to a minimum, and I think we should try to follow that guideline.

[kocio-pl]

Perspective - sure, but toilet paper clearly belongs to "A shop selling articles of personal hygiene, cosmetics, and household cleaning products." Meanwhile:

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[kocio-pl]

4)

I still feel 1) is the best, but 4) is a close second for me. When depicting "this-and-that" kind of shops, like this one, I try to mimic current department store icon, which contains many (4!) more or less recognizable elements.

Differentiation: similar shop=perfumery is currently rare (368 uses), so it's probably far from being rendered separately, but I guess it should look like this: (or this: ).

[nebulon42]

Two items is okay, but four (like department store) is would be way too much.

[polarbearing]

iconifiable (is that a word?)

English allows you to create new words, and in particular using the typical prefixes and suffixes. Thus, it is a word :-)

And back on topic, I like the toothbrush/paste proposal.

[kocio-pl]

@nebulon42 Maybe. =} However that was impressive for me.

One-man survey I conducted indicates 1) was instantly recognized, so I will probably stay with it.

[AndiG88]

What about a Bottle of Soap?

[kocio-pl]

Another random tester recognized 1) instantly, so I have no doubt now. Here is my try with your idea, but for me it doesn't work:

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[dieterdreist]

2015-05-15 0:39 GMT+02:00 kocio-pl [email protected]:

Another random tester recognized 1) instantly, so I have no doubt now.
Here is my try with your idea, but for me it doesn't work:

5. [image: chemist-14-7]
   https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/5439713/7643567/d116fe02-fa9a-11e4-83dc-f2ce40671552.png

this one isn't recognizable. A handgrenade? I like the very first one
(toothbrush)

[kocio-pl]

Yeah, a hand grenade or something with university. =} I could have drawn it differently, but that would still be not as clear as 1).

[kocio-pl]

Just "after" image with 1) - I'm experimenting a lot, my computer is rather slow and after all the shop dot is known: